VOLUMES o:n^e to sixteen. 



BEARING-REINS. 



Bearing-reins, on their uselessness, by 

 Viscount Downe, xv. 73 ; the cause of 

 rearing in carriage-horses, xiv. 118. 



Bearn, William, on the farming of North- 

 amptonshire, a prize essay, xiii. 44. 



Bearne, E. S., on the application of 

 guano and other manures at Stover, x. 

 399. 



Beart, R., on the manufacture of drain- 

 ing-tiles, ii. 93. See " Draining tiles." 



, on tlie proper materials for filling 



up drains, and the mode in which water 

 enters them, iv. 411, See "Drainage 

 of land." 



Bedford, Duke of, on labourers' cottages, 

 X. 185. 



Level (Jonas), vii. 64; (Clarke), 



viii. 83-93, xv. 25. See " Fen district," 

 " Drainage of land." 



Beech, the, its planting and manage- 

 ment (Falkener), iii. 271. 



for hedges, on, by J. Grigor, vi. 221. 



, analysis of its wood, bark, and 



leaves, xiii. 530. 



woods of the Chiltem Hills in Ox- 

 fordshire (Read), xv. 253. 



, the sheep's fescue-grass grows under, 



in the Cotteswolds (Head), xv. 464. 



woods of Buckinghamshire (Read), 



xvi. 307. 



Beef, analysis of (L. Playfair), xii. 584. 



Bees, on the management of, by T. W, 

 Jeston, i. 503. 



Beetroot, the action of dung and some 

 artificial manures on, by P. Pusey, vi. 

 528. See " Mangold." 



, on the manufacture of sugar from, 



by J. Wilson, xiii. 144. See "Sugar." 



, section of a root, xiii. 1,50, 



, refuse matter of beetroot sugar- 

 makers, analysed, xiii. 498. 



Bekti.es, the elators, skipjacks, click- 

 beetles, &c., the parents of the wire- 

 worm, J. Curtis on, v. 180, See 

 " Wireworm," " Insects." 



Beetlin*; flax, J. Mac Adam on, viii. 

 377, 453. 



Belgiu.m, see " Netherlands." 



Bellis perennis, see " Daisy." 



Be.nefit societies in the E. R. of York- 

 shire, ix. 127. 



Bengal, water holding cubic petre and 

 other ijalts used for irrigation (B. 

 Wood), xiii. 359. 



Bknnett, S., on the growth of oats, xii. 

 113. 



BERitKUUY-nusu, supposed influence of, 

 in producing mildew in wiieat, ii. 13; 

 J. S. Ilenslow on, 223. 



, the parasitic fungus of, by the Rev, 



E. Sidney, x. 388. 



BLOOD. 



Berkshire, the chalk soils of, described 



by Mavor, xii. 482. 

 BicKFORD, John, on an improved system 



of irriaation, xiii. 162. 

 , observations on, by E. Archer, xiv. 



153. 



', Joseph Druce on, xiv. 432. 



Bidder's scarifier, practical experience in 



the use of, by H. Case, i. 357 (and 



see Ixv.). 

 Bile, the, its action and uses (Playfair), 



iv. 236-261. 

 BiLLYSE, E., on the application of bones 



to grass-land, ii. 91. 

 Bindweed, the small, its soils and habits 



(Buckman), xvi. 364. 



the great, xvi. 364. 



Birds, gizzards of, xv. 278. 

 Birch-tree, the, on its planting and 



management (Falkener), iii. 274. 



, analysis of its wood, xiii. 530. 



Bistort, the (Buckman), xvi. 364-375. 

 Black caterpillar of the turnip, J, 



Curtis on, ii. 364. See " Insects." 



palmer, black jack, black slug, ii. 



364. 



earth, the, of the central regions of 



Russia, by R. I. Murchison, viii. 125. 



See " Russia." 

 Blacker, William, past and present state 



of agriculture in Ireland, iv. 437. See 



" Ireland." 

 Blaikie, W., his proposed rotatioH of 



crops, i. 283. 

 Black-head, the (Buckman), xvi. 362, 

 Black-leg, the, in sheep, xvi. 392. 

 Black medick, or nonsuch grass, analysis 



of (Way \ xiv, 179. 

 Blackmoor, Vale of (Ruegg\ xv. 417. 

 Black mustard, its soils and habits, 



(Buckman), xvi. 360 ; number of its 



seeds, 377. 

 Black-muzzle in sheep (Cleeve), i. 303, 

 Black-water in sheep (Cleeve), i. 316, 

 Bladdkr campion, its soils and habits 



(Buckman), xvi. 360. 

 Bleachers' lime refuse, analysis of, xiii, 



498. 



spent leys, analysis of, xiii. 506. 



Blkjh, Captain Walter, his work, ' The 



English Improver Improved,' noticed 



by J. Parkes, vii. 252. 

 Blkmit in apples, its i)revention, by J 



Ellis, iv. 2(;7. See "Apples." 



in [leas (K. Sidney), x. 391. 



Hlind. the, in sheep (l{.Suiith\ viii. 24. 

 Blood of the ox, analysis of, xi. 389, iv. 



215. See " Food of live stock." 



, on, by J. B. Simonds, x. 575. 



, dried, as manure, by J. S. Way, 



xii. 584 ; analysis of dry ox-blood and 



